In-Text Citation: Linking the information in your paper to your Works Cited
General Guidelines
Use the first word(s) from the Works Cited page to link the information in the essay to the source in your Works Cited page.
You can link in your words that introduce the quote/paraphrase or you can use parentheses for each piece of information.
Cite a source in each sentence that is from research, not just once in a paragraph
Periods go after the parentheses
If the title is in quotation marks or italics in your Works Cited, it is in quotation marks or italics in your essay.
Use an ellipsis … in a quote if you are leaving out words. Use [brackets] if you need to change a word (for tense or pronoun reference).
DO NOT BEGIN SENTENCES WITH QUOTATION MARKS. Give all quotes and paraphrases some type of introduction
In-Text Citations: Author-Page Style (Use this when you have page numbers)
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).
Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).
In-text Citations for Sources with No Known Author
We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change . . . ” (“Impact of Global Warming”).
Citing a Work with by Multiple Authors
Smith, Yang, and Moore argue that tougher gun control is not needed in the United States (76).
The authors state "Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights" (Smith, Yang, and Moore).
Jones et al. counter Smith, Yang, and Moore's argument by noting that the current spike in gun violence in America compels law makers to adjust gun laws.
Legal experts counter Smith, Yang, and Moore's argument by noting that the current spike in gun violence in America compels law makers to adjust gun laws (Jones et al.).
Citing Multiple Works by the Same Author
Lightenor has argued that computers are not useful tools for small children ("Too Soon" 38), though he has acknowledged elsewhere that early exposure to computer games does lead to better small motor skill development in a child's second and third year ("Hand-Eye Development" 17).
Visual studies, because it is such a new discipline, may be "too easy" (Elkins, "Visual Studies" 63).
Citing Indirect Sources
Ravitch argues that high schools are pressured to act as "social service centers, and they don't do that well" (qtd. in Weisman 259).
General Guidelines
In-Text Citations: Author-Page Style (Use this when you have page numbers)
- Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).
- Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
- Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).
In-text Citations for Sources with No Known Author- We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change . . . ” (“Impact of Global Warming”).
Citing a Work with by Multiple Authors- Smith, Yang, and Moore argue that tougher gun control is not needed in the United States (76).
- The authors state "Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights" (Smith, Yang, and Moore).
- Jones et al. counter Smith, Yang, and Moore's argument by noting that the current spike in gun violence in America compels law makers to adjust gun laws.
- Legal experts counter Smith, Yang, and Moore's argument by noting that the current spike in gun violence in America compels law makers to adjust gun laws (Jones et al.).
Citing Multiple Works by the Same Author- Lightenor has argued that computers are not useful tools for small children ("Too Soon" 38), though he has acknowledged elsewhere that early exposure to computer games does lead to better small motor skill development in a child's second and third year ("Hand-Eye Development" 17).
- Visual studies, because it is such a new discipline, may be "too easy" (Elkins, "Visual Studies" 63).
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